About this program
Hospitality and Tourism Specialist Certificate
Hospitality and Tourism (HOST) is the world s largest business. In fact, 20% of every job on the planet is involved with hospitality and tourism in some manner! Many of the jobs available in hospitality tourism are niche areas that demand a creative mind. Are you that mind? Perhaps you are creative enough to craft your own learning plan, with assistance from a myriad of qualified industry professionals of course.
This certificate allows you to work with an advisor to tailor your niche interest into a certificate that is specific to the emphasis area of hospitality and tourism that you are most interested in. Whether this is sales and marketing, casinos, cruise lines, sustainable ecotourism, or nearly anything else in hospitality – this certificate can be tailored to your needs!
Admission requirements
- This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.
- Students must achieve a cumulative 2.0 GPA and a minimum 2.0 GPA in each core course to attain a certificate or AAS.
- Not all classes are offered every quarter, at night, online, or on the weekends.
- This program offers flexible registration and open-entry enrollment.
- Coursework is highly interactive and can include field-based internships.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the college website.
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Learn moreProgram content
Professional-Technical Core Courses
- Career Planning and Preparation
- Introduction to Hospitality/Tourism
- Any additional combination of HOST courses
Please check the program webpage for more information about its courses.
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the college website for more information.
Tuition
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Qualification
About this institute
Highline College
Highline College prides itself as being the 5th most diverse college in the entire USA. It is located in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest, which is home to renowned national parks, a stunning coastline and peninsula, a rainforest, the North Cascade...
Why study at Highline College
- Award-winning college (ranked in the top 150 community colleges in the USA in 2021)
- Individual advising to help you meet your goals
- New on campus student housing
- University Transfer Pathways with many four-year university partners
- Over 120 programs, certificates and degrees and still growing
- U.S. high school diploma awarded after completing a 2-year degree with no additional requirements.
- Active student life with many activities, programming, communities and leadership opportunities
- Beautiful location just next to Seattle and the Puget Sound waterway
- Internship &, scholarships opportunities
- Unique OPT, CPT and internship opportunities
